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Year 1621 (MDCXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1621

January - June

February 9 - Pope Gregory XV succeeds Pope Paul V as the 234th pope.
February 17 - Miles Standish is appointed as the first commander of Plymouth Colony.
March 16 - Samoset, a Mohegan, visits the settlers of Plymouth Colony and greets them, "Welcome, Englishmen! My name is Samoset."
March 22 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
April 1 - The Plymouth, Massachusetts colonists create the first treaty with native Americans.
April 5 - The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth on a return trip to England.
May 24 - The Protestant Union is formally dissolved.
June 21 - Thirty Years' War: Twenty-seven Czech lords are executed on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain.

July - December

October - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony and Wampanoags celebrate a harvest feast (3 days), later regarded as the "First Thanksgiving", noted for peaceful co-existence.

November 11 - The ship Fortune arrives at Plymouth Colony, with 35 more settlers.

Undated

The Venezuelan city of Petare is founded by Spanish conquistadors as San Jose de Guanarito.

The Swedish city of Gothenburg is founded by Gustavus Adolphus.

Riga falls under the rule of Sweden.

The Swedish king Gustav II Adolf grants city rights to Luleå, Piteå and Torneå (Tornio).

The Dutch mathematician and astronomer, Willebrord Snel van Royen - Snellius (1580-1626), discovers the famous law of refraction, also known as "Snellius' law".

Births

January 27 - Thomas Willis, English physician who made important contributions to anatomy, particularly of the brain and nervous system (d. 1675)

February 2 - Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (d. 1679)

February 21 - Rebecca Nurse, accused witch (d. 1692)

March 31 - Andrew Marvell, English poet (d. 1678)

April 1 - Guru Teg Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (d. 1675)

April 25 - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, British soldier, statesman, and dramatist (d. 1679)

July 6 - Jean de La Fontaine, French writer (d. 1695)

July 22 - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, British politician (d. 1683)

August 19 - Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (d. 1674)

September 8 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)

December 23 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)

December 23 - Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682) � See also .

Deaths

January 28 - Pope Paul V (b. 1550)

February 15 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)

February 28 - Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)

March 31 - King Philip III of Castile (Philip II of Portugal) (b. 1578)

April 1 - Cristofano Allori, Italian painter (b. 1577)

April 15 - John Carver, first governor of Plymouth Colony

May 15 - Hendrick de Keyser, Dutch architect and sculptor (b. 1565)

June 8 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (b. 1567)

June 21 - Kryštof Harant z Polžic a Bezdružic, Bohemian composer, soldier, and author (executed) (b. 1564)

July 2 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer and mathematician (b. c. 1560)

July 10 - Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (b. 1571)

July 13 - Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)

August 3 - Guillaume du Vair, French writer (b. 1556)

August 15 - John Barclay, Scottish writer (b. 1582)

September 17 - Robert Bellarmine, Italian saint (b. 1542)

September 24 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)

September 25 - Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (b. 1561)

October 8 - Antoine de Montchrestien, French dramatist and economist (b. c. 1575)

October 16 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer (b. 1562)

November 26 - Ralph Agas, English surveyor (b. c. 1540)

December 13 - Katarina Stenbock, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)

December 15 - Charles de Luynes, Constable of France (b. 1578) � See also .

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